StrokesPlus 2.7.1

Whether it's a faster route to work, pressing 0 to talk to a human being instead of listening to an automated menu, or your favorite Internet browser pinned to the Windows taskbar.

StrokesPlus is a completely free mouse gesture recognition utility for Windows which allows you to create powerful mouse gestures that save you time. With rocker support, modifiers, and the robust Lua engine built right in, there's virtually no limit to what you can automate.

Traditionally, you begin a mouse gesture by holding down the right mouse button and drawing something, like the letter R for example, then release the right mouse button. This triggers the application to process your drawing and perform the specified action. The most common actions are maximizing/minimizing windows, navigating back/forward, or automated logging into a certain website. However, StrokesPlus takes it to the next level, giving you ultimate control over exactly what happens when your action executes.

Features:

• Native code; no frameworks or runtime dependencies (uses very little RAM)
• Built-in Lua processor
• Endless gesture and modifier combinations
• Granular control over program settings and actions
• Many time-saving functions exposed to the Lua engine
• Create global hotkeys for actions without using the mouse

What's New:

• Couple minor layout tweaks to Preferences tab, removed the RGB color edit boxes as they're no longer necessary
• Fixed TouchPad finger count default (only on a brand new installation) to 1
• Fixed issue with Settings window not remembering its maximized state properly (only remembered when you click OK, by the way)
• Updated Help to include the mention of TouchPad for the Release/Reinitialize on Suspend/Resume option
• Added "(multiple instances are currently unstable)" to the option in Preferences; I don't recommend using multiple instances at this point in time, it's prone to cause S+ crashes.
• Fixed bug with not saving two preferences

The ZIPs and installers will now have these as defined under Hotkeys. If you're already using S+ and want to use these, you'll need to create them yourself. The only difference in functionality is that previously these hotkeys were always active as long as S+ was running (S+ enabled or disabled); where now they will only function if S+ is enabled. I think it's in the best interest of most for S+ to not use hard-coded global hotkeys as they may interfere with some configurations or user preferences. However, that means that they will only work when S+ is active. I do believe if S+ is disabled, it should really be completely disabled; not interfering or intercepting anything other than processing tray icon clicks and standard program window interaction. So I hope this change doesn't upset anyone.